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Strong H5647H5647Gעָבַד

to serve

One of the 4 senses of Strong H5647

Transliteration
‛âbad
Pronunciation
aw-bad'
Morphology
Hebrew Verb

Definition

: serve[someone]
1) to work, serve
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to labour, work, do work
1a2) to work for another, serve another by labour
1a3) to serve as subjects
1a4) to serve (God)
1a5) to serve (with Levitical service)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be worked, be tilled (of land)
1b2) to make oneself a servant
1c) (Pual) to be worked
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to compel to labour or work, cause to labour, cause to serve
1d2) to cause to serve as subjects
1e) (Hophal) to be led or enticed to serve

General definition

A primitive root; to work (in any sense); by implication to {serve} {till } (causatively) {enslave} etc.: - X {be} keep in {bondage} be {bondmen} {bond-service} {compel} {do} {dress} {ear} {execute} + {husbandman} {keep} labour (-ing {man}) bring to {pass} (cause {to} make to) serve ({-ing} {self}) ({be} become) servant ({-s}) do (use) {service} till ({-er}) transgress [from {margin]} (set a) {work} be {wrought} worshipper.

In the Bible

Strong H5647G appears in 86 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • serve76
  • become2
  • be1
  • bondmen1
  • compel1
  • done1
  • keep1
  • servant1
  • served1
  • serveth1
  • service1
  • work1

First verses

  1. Genesis 14:4
    Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
  2. Genesis 15:13
    And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
  3. Genesis 15:14
    And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
  4. Genesis 25:23
    And the Lord said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
  5. Genesis 27:29
    Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
  6. Genesis 27:40
    And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
  7. Genesis 29:15
    And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?
  8. Genesis 29:18
    And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
  9. Genesis 29:20
    And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
  10. Genesis 29:25
    And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?
  11. Genesis 29:27
    Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
  12. Genesis 29:30
    And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
  13. Genesis 30:26
    Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.
  14. Genesis 30:29
    And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me.
  15. Genesis 31:6
    And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.
  16. Genesis 31:41
    Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
  17. Genesis 49:15
    And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
  18. Exodus 1:14
    And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.
  19. Exodus 5:18
    Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.
  20. Exodus 6:5
    And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.
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